November 2023 Page 12 CDU Newsletter
Community Forum Highlights LGBTQIA + Voices in the Community
Cynthia Davis , Assistant Professor Magallon spoke about the Center system itself , I realized that there ’ s of Urban Public Health at CDU , for Violence Prevention and not much a lot of the times that Alexandra Magallon , Coordinator of Transgender Wellness initiative physicians can do to change things Policy and Community Engagement and its impact on the transgender , systematically ,” said Malagon . “ So , for TransLatin @ Coalition , and gender-non-conforming , and / or I ended up dropping my Biology Juan Carlos Ruiz Malagon , Doctoral intersex ( TGI ) community . major and going into Ethnic Studies
Student in Public Health at UC Irvine and it was at that point that I started
“ There ’ s no policies in place for TGI participated as guest panelists understanding why the conditions people so what the organization is for the October CDU Community exist for the reasons that they do .” set to do is to create these policies Forum , “ LGBTQIA + Voices in the that are here for the betterment Professor Davis shared that it ’ s Community .” of the community ,” said Magallon . important for both the academic The discussion highlighted the “ We ’ re leading with policy and community and the physical challenges faced by LGBTQIA + creating the change that our community to be educated communities , more specifically the community needs to be able to simultaneously about the health disparities , the intersection provide the services that are so community ’ s needs . of gender identity and ethnicity , the desperately needed within the
“ To still see the community and youth population , and advocacy community .” the condition that it is in after 40 groups . Malagon , a first-generation and lowincome college graduate , shared heart-wrenching when you look at
something years is really sort of
The forum was moderated by Sylvia Drew Ivie , CDU Special Assistant to his own personal journey and how the major health disparities that the President for External Affairs it ’ s influenced his research and still exist in our community in lieu and daughter of Dr . Charles R . Drew . advocacy work in public health . of the Affordable Care Act , access to Dr . David M . Carlisle , President of care , insurance ,” said Davis . “ I told myself I want to be a physician
CDU , joins each forum as a recurring because I want to ‘ change the world ’ Click here to watch the recording of panelist along with two or more but as I started going through the the October Community Forum . guest panelists .